Synonyms:
raising
Meaning: increasing in quantity or value; "a cost-raising increase in the basic wage rate"
noun
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
elevation, lift, raising
Meaning: the event of something being raised upward; "an elevation of the temperature in the afternoon"; "a raising of the land resulting from volcanic activity"
Usage examples
"Are you raising a rebellion?"
The chief industry here is cattle raising.
"Vengeance!" repeated Link, raising his eyebrows.
He set about raising recruits in all parts of the empire.
"Oh, yes," said Polly, raising her clear, brown eyes up at him.
Raising his voice to a shout he read the Menshevik declaration:
"Never!" exclaimed Athos, raising his right hand to Heaven, "never!
"English?" asked Madame Defarge, inquisitively raising her dark eyebrows.
He became possessed by uncontrollable agitation,--half raising himself in bed.
One advocates bending over, without once raising up, until the whole row is dug.